Face-steamer



(No Model.)

M. E. HARRIS.

PAGE STEAMER.

No. 588,989. Patented Aug. 31, 1897.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OF rc-n.

MARION E. HARRIS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

FACE-STEAM ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 588,989, dated August 31, 1897.

Application filed June 6, 1896. Serial No. 594,480. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARION'E. HARRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at T0- ledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Face-Steamers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to the hygienic treatment of the skin by means of vapor, medicated or otherwise; and the object of my invention is primarily to produce a device which is simple and compact and forms a convenient toilet accessory which admits of general use for all purposes of treating the skin on any part of the body by direct contact with heated vapors or for the inhalation of steam.

To this end my invention consists in certain details of construction, as more fully hereinafter described, and shown in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective View, and Fig. 2 a vertical central section.

A is a lamp, preferably of the character shown in the drawings, in which a is a metallic reservoir provided with a central opening containing a metallic screen I) and filled with asbestos fiber c or other refractory ma- It is provided with a suitable handle j and with a tight-fitting cover It, which is preferably convex or conical, and is provided in the center with a Y-branched discharge-tube Z.

D D are rubber tubes secured to the branches of the discharge-tube Z, andEE are dischargenozzles secured into the ends of the rubber tubes, each discharge-nozzle being substantially funnel-shaped, as shown, and provided with a handle m.

The parts bein g thus constructed, the lamp It can thus be carried in a small box and stored away conveniently among a travelers effects.

In mounting the device for use it will be seen that by means of pins or by the use of a few thumb-tacks stuck through the perforations of the flange d the lamp may be firmly held down upon a wooden table or base. The lamp in turn firmly holds the standard by means of its base engaginginside the rim e, and the spring-clamps of the standard hold the cup, the latter being preferably provided on the outside with an indentation or other suitable means for engaging with the springclasps. As the cover is tight-fitting it will be seen that the whole device is thus firmly secured together and to the table and the operator is not liable to overturn the device in using it.

In practice if the cup is filled with water and thelamp is filled with alcohol and lighted it will quickly set the water in the cup to boiling and generate steam,which finds its exit through both tubes, thus enabling the operator, by usingboth hands, to steam both sides of her face at once, thereby producing quite as uniform and satisfactory a result as can be obtained through the use of a face-mask, and without the disagreeable interference'with free respiration, avoiding at the same time the danger of anyill effects which might result from treating one side at a time, facial neuralgia being one of the attendant evils resulting therefrom.

My device is not only for the'treatment of the face alone, but it can be applied with equal facility to the scalp or neck, or, in fact, to any part of the body, the hygienic value of such treatment for curing skin diseases of all kinds or the removal of certain blemishes being well understood, and, if desired, the vapors may be medicated by placing the desired medicament into the water of the cup.

The use of the handles permits of conveniently introducing the nozzles to parts which are bandaged or covered up, which is often done for the purpose of intensifying the cffeet of steaming. They also permit of reachin g parts of the body which cannot be reached otherwise with the hands alone.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is- 1. In a steaming appliance or the like, the combination with a lamp member forming a base or support having an upwaidly-projecting flange, of a stand member consisting of a yielding base-ring fitted within and against the flange portion of the lamp, and yielding elasps or arms having clasping and supporting means at their upper ends, and a receptacle mounted on the arms, substantially as described.

2. In a steaming apparatus or the like, the combination with the lamp member having an upwardly-projccting marginalll'langc with a turned-in upper edge, astand member consisting of a split ring fitted within and against the flange, and upwardly-extending clasps or arms having locking and holding means at their upperends, a receptacle on the arms and locked in place by the locking means, and a handle on the receptacle whereby, as the receptacle is lifted, the various members will be lifted, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARION E. HARRIS. V itnesses:

M. B. ODOGHERTY, OTTO F. BARTHEL. 

